''Melanostoma '' is a large
genus
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of
hoverflies.
Little is known of their biology, but they are suspected to be general predators of small insects in leaf litter.
Species["Melanostoma". Encyclopedia of Life, available from http://eol.org/pages/25610/entries/33710029/overview. Accessed on 25 January 2012]
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M. abdominale''
Shiraki, 1930
*''
M. aenoscutum''
Hull
Hull may refer to:
Structures
* Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle
* Fuselage, of an aircraft
* Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds
* Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship
* Submarine hull
Mathematics
* Affine hull, in affi ...
, 1964
*''
M. algens''
Curran, 1931
*''
M. alpinum''
Szilády, 1942
*''
M. alticola''
Speiser
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* Ambros Speiser (1922–2003), Swiss engineer and scientist
*Andreas Speiser (1885–1970), Swiss mathematician
*Elisabeth Speiser (born 1940), Swiss operatic sopra ...
, 1910
*''
M. annulipes''
Macquart, 1842
*''
M. apicale''
Bigot, 1884
*''
M. atrum''
Sack, 1932
*''
M. aurantiaca''
Becker
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, 1921
*''
M. babyssa''
( Walker, 1849)
*''
M. babyssola''
Speiser, 1924
*''
M. bergmani''
Doesburg, 1966
*''
M. bicruciatum''
(Bigot, 1884)
*''
M. bituberculatum''
Loew, 1858
*''
M. boreomontanum''
Mutin, 1986
*''
M. diffusum''
Hull, 1941
*''
M. dubium''
(Zetterstedt
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Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...
, 1838)
*''
M. elongatum''
Matsumura, 1919
*''
M. eversmanni''
Enderlein, 1938
*''
M. fasciatum''
(Macquart, 1850)
*''
M. flavipenne''
Matsumura, 1919
*''
M. flavipleurum''
Hull, 1964
*''
M. floripeta''
Speiser, 1910
*''
M. fumivenosum''
Doesburg, 1966
*''
M. gedehense''
Meijere, 1914
*''
M. gymnocera''
Bigot, 1891
*''
M. incisum''
Matsumura, 1916
*''
M. incompletum''
Becker, 1908 -
Canarian
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endemic species
*''
M. incurvum''
Dirickx, 2001
*''
M. infuscatum''
Becker, 1909
*''
M. keiseri''
Dirickx, 2001
*''
M. matilei''
Dirickx, 2001
*''
M. meijerei''
Goot, 1964
*''
M. mellinum''
( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''
M. motodomariense''
Matsumura, 1919
*''
M. normale''
Curran, 1931
*''
M. ochraceum''
Dirickx, 2001
*''
M. orientale''
Wiedemann, 1824
*''
M. otaniense''
Matsumura, 1919
*''
M. pedius''
Walker, 1852
*''
M. perinetense''
Dirickx, 2001
*''
M. pumicatum''
( Meigen, 1838)
*''
M. pyrophaenoides''
Speiser, 1910
*''
M. quadrifasciatum''
Curran, 1928
*''
M. satyriphilum''
Hull, 1941
*''
M. scalare''
(Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587 ...
, 1794)
*''
M. simplex''
Doesburg, 1955
*''
M. subbituberculatum''
Kassebeer, 2000
*''
M. sulphuripes''
Hull, 1964
*''
M. sylvarum''
Hull, 1941
*''
M. teizonis''
Matsumura, 1919
*''
M. tenuis''
Matsumura, 1919
*''
M. tiantaiensis''
Huo & Zheng, 2003
*''
M. transversum''
Shiraki & Edashige, 1953
*''
M. trochanteratum''
Hull, 1964
*''
M. tumescens''
Szilády, 1940
*''
M. univittatum''
Wiedemann, 1824
*''
M. violaceum''
Hull, 1964
*''
M. wollastoni''
Wakeham-Dawson, Aguiar, Smit
Smit is a Dutch language, Dutch occupational surname. It represents an archaic spelling of the Dutch word "smid" for "Smith (metalwork), smith" (metal worker) and is the Dutch equivalent of the English surname Smith (surname), Smith.Citation: Sch ...
, McCullough
McCullough is a Northern Irish surname. It is a variation of the Scottish McCulloch. In Irish Gaelic it's “''Mac Cú Uladh''”, which means ''“Son of Ulster”.''
People with the surname McCullough:
* Alfred McCullough (born 1989), America ...
& Wyatt, 2004
References
Diptera of Europe
Hoverfly genera
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Taxa named by Ignaz Rudolph Schiner
Syrphinae
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